See how we rate investing products to write unbiased product reviews. A credit default swap (CDS) is a contract that allows one party (an investor) to transfer some or all risk to a third party ...

Spreads on U.S. six-month credit default swaps (CDS) - market-based gauges of the risk of a default - widened to 70 basis points on Friday from 65 bps on Thursday, according to S&P Global Market ...

credit default swap monitor CDS DataVision said this week. CMA's quarterly survey of credit default swaps, which are used to insure against restructuring or default of debt, found Venezuela's debt ...

The five-year credit default swap spread on the iTRAXX Europe Crossover index, which reflects the cost of insuring against the risk of default for 75 of the most traded sub-investment grade companies, ...

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